The vice chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (Korean: 최고인민회의 부의장) is a member of the Supreme People's Assembly that ranks next to the chairman. The SPA vice chairman is elected by the Supreme People's Assembly along with the SPA chairman.[1] From 1972 until 1998, the SPA vice chairman was concurrently the SPA Standing Committee vice chairman.[2]

The current vice chairpersons of the Supreme People's Assembly are Pak Kum-hui, who was elected on 11 April 2019, and Maeng Kyong Il, who was elected on 17 January 2023.[3][4]

List of office holders

No. Portrait Name Political party Took office Left office SPA
1 Kim Tal-hyon[5]
김달현
(1884–1958)		 Chondoist Chongu Party 10 September
1948		 22 December
1953		 1st
2 Ri Yong[5]
리영
(1889–1960)		 Workers' Party of Korea 10 September
1948		 22 December
1953		 1st
3 Ri Yu-min[6]
리유민		 Workers' Party of Korea 22 December
1953		 20 September
1957		 1st
4 Hong Ki-hwang[6]
홍기황		 Korean Democratic Party 22 December
1953		 20 September
1957		 1st
5 Ri Ki-yong[7][8]
리기영
(1895–1984)		 Workers' Party of Korea 20 September
1957		 25 December
1972		 2nd
3rd
4th
6 Kim Chang-jun[7]
김창준		 Workers' Party of Korea 20 September
1957		 28 October
1959		 2nd
7 Kim Tuk-ran[7][8]
김득란		 Workers' Party of Korea 28 October
1959		 25 December
1972		 2nd
3rd
4th
8 Ho Jong-suk
허정숙
(1908–1991)		 Workers' Party of Korea 25 December
1972		 7 April
1983		 5th
6th
7th
9 Hong Ki-mun
홍기문
(1903–1992)		 Workers' Party of Korea 25 December
1972		 7 April
1983		 5th
6th
7th
10 Ryo Yon-gu
려연구
(1927–1996)		 Workers' Party of Korea 7 April
1983		 5 September
1998		 7th
8th
9th
11 Son Song-pil
손성필
(born 1927)		 Workers' Party of Korea 7 April
1983		 26 May
1990		 7th
8th
12 Paek In-jun
백인준
(1920–1999)		 Workers' Party of Korea 26 May
1990		 5 September
1998		 9th
13 Jang Chol[9]
장철
(1926–2004)		 Workers' Party of Korea 5 September
1998		 3 September
2003		 10th
14 Ryo Won-gu[9][10]
려원구
(1928–2009)		 Workers' Party of Korea 5 September
1998		 9 April
2009		 10th
11th
15 Kang Nung-su[10]
강능수
(1930–2015)		 Workers' Party of Korea 3 September
2003		 9 April
2008		 11th
16 Kim Wan-su[11]
김완수
(born 1939)		 Workers' Party of Korea 9 April
2009		 9 April
2014		 12th
17 Hong Son-ok[11]
홍선옥
(born 1950)		 Workers' Party of Korea 9 April
2009		 9 April
2014		 12th
18 An Tong-chun[12]
안동춘		 Workers' Party of Korea 9 April
2014		 11 April
2019		 13th
19 Ri Hye-jong[12]
리혜정		 Workers' Party of Korea 9 April
2014		 11 April
2019		 13th
20 Pak Chol-min[3]
박철민		 Workers' Party of Korea 11 April
2019		 17 January
2023		 14th
21 Pak Kum-hui[3]
박금희		 Workers' Party of Korea 11 April
2019		 Incumbent 14th
22 Maeng Kyong-il[4]
맹경일
(born 1963)		 Workers' Party of Korea 17 January
2023		 Incumbent 14th

References

  1. ↑ Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Article 92
  2. ↑ Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1972), Article 86
  3. 1 2 3 "First Session of 14th SPA Held". KCNA Watch. 12 April 2019.
  4. 1 2 "8th Session of 14th SPA of DPRK Held". KCNA Watch. 19 January 2023.
  5. 1 2 Suh, Dae-sook (1981). Korean Communism 1945–1980: A Reference Guide to the Political System (1st ed.). University Press of Hawaii. p. 392. ISBN 0-8248-0740-5.
  6. 1 2 Suh, Dae-sook (1981). Korean Communism 1945–1980: A Reference Guide to the Political System (1st ed.). University Press of Hawaii. p. 393. ISBN 0-8248-0740-5.
  7. 1 2 3 Suh, Dae-sook (1981). Korean Communism 1945–1980: A Reference Guide to the Political System (1st ed.). University Press of Hawaii. pp. 400–1. ISBN 0-8248-0740-5.
  8. 1 2 Suh, Dae-sook (1981). Korean Communism 1945–1980: A Reference Guide to the Political System (1st ed.). University Press of Hawaii. p. 405. ISBN 0-8248-0740-5.
  9. 1 2 "SPA Chairman and vice-chairmen elected". KCNA Watch. 5 September 1998.
  10. 1 2 "1st Session of 11th SPA of DPRK Held". KCNA Watch. 4 September 2003.
  11. 1 2 "First Session of 12th SPA of DPRK Held". KCNA Watch. 9 April 2009.
  12. 1 2 "1st Session of 13th SPA of DPRK Held". KCNA Watch. 9 April 2014.
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